Sewing a notebook is quite simple if you master the technique of stitching notebooks together. Conventionally, this method is called Coptic binding, and it is one of the simplest and most convenient.
Instructions
Step 1
To begin with, they prepare notebooks for the future notebook. As a rule, the format of notebooks is A5, and for the manufacture of notebooks you will need A4 sheets bent in half. Depending on the thickness, each notebook can contain from 3 to 6 sheets folded in half, the main condition is that the notebook can close at the same time. The number of notebooks can be any, it depends on how thick the notebook will be. In each notebook, an odd number of holes are made with a sharp awl exactly along the fold line. For a small number of sheets, 5 is enough, if there are 6 sheets in a notebook, then 7 or even 9 punctures will be needed. The holes in each notebook must match; you can use a ruler to do this. In punching the holes of the next notebook, you can use the already punctured sheet as a template.
Step 2
For stitching, you will need a strong thick thread, but nylon shoe and other synthetics are not the best option, since such threads cut paper, besides, they are very slippery and it is quite difficult to tie strong invisible knots from them. It is best to use cotton thread No. 10 or thin knitting threads, such as "Iris", "Snowflake", "Poppy". The threads are not so noticeable on the finished notebook, so you can ignore their color. You will also need a sharp needle. A two-meter thread is enough for a notebook consisting of 10 notebooks, but if such a long thread is very inconvenient to work with, you can always use several short ones, securing them every time.
Step 3
The needle is inserted into the extreme hole of one of the notebooks from outside to inside. The tip of the thread with a length of about 20 cm should remain outside, and the needle with the thread should be brought out from the inside into the opposite extreme hole of the notebook, bypassing everything in between. After that, a second notebook is taken and the needle is inserted into the outermost hole from the outside to the inside. The thread is tightened without sagging so that the notebooks are side by side. The needle and thread that turned out to be inside the second notebook is taken out this time through the next hole in order. After that, it is wound inside the hole opposite in the first notebook. The needle grabs the thread that was pulled inside the first notebook and exits through the same hole through which it entered. Do not pull on the thread too much so that the loop of the caught broach comes out.
Step 4
Then they act according to the same scheme - they put the needle and thread back into the first notebook, pick up the broach located there and bring the thread out through the same hole. Having reached the last hole and thus fastening two notebooks along the entire length, the working thread is tied with the prudently left tail of the thread on the first notebook. The next stage of work - joining all other notebooks to the first two - is performed according to the same principle. A working thread is inserted into the first hole on the third notebook from the outside to the inside, removed from the inside through the adjacent hole, the needle passes under the bridge that connects the first two notebooks, gripping it, and goes inward through the same second hole. Inside, the needle with the working thread passes to the third and subsequent holes, where the operation is repeated. After attaching the last notebook, the thread is tightly tied and cut off. The binding is ready.
